Biggest Vietnam War story that we don’t talk about

South Korea’s government is finally being held to account for the carnage its mercenary troops inflicted on Vietnamese civilians.

Henry A. Kissinger, Still a War Criminal

Even as a centenarian, his “relevancy” remains intact, and his influence, I’d argue, as malevolent as ever.

Daniel Ellsberg, from the NY Times Obituary

Ellsberg went to a War Resisters League meeting at Haverford College and was moved by an anti-draft speaker who was about to go to prison.

Making Art Out of Bombshells and Memories in Vietnam

Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s videos and sculptures uncover haunting artifacts and stories from the Vietnam War. They are coming to New York.

Daniel Ellsberg, American Hero (1931-2023)

Few have contributed as much to resisting the horrors of war and an undemocratic regime as Daniel Ellsberg, who died today at age 92.

Kissinger at 100: New War Crimes Revealed in Cambodia Bombing

New investigation reveals Henry Kissinger was responsible for even more civilian deaths in Cambodia than was previously known. Democracy Now!

Toward an honest commemoration of the American War in Vietnam

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Dan Ellsberg: A Personal Reflection

Dan Ellsberg: A Personal Reflection

By W.D. Ehrhart. He risked life in prison to make those documents public. He became a hero of mine and has inspired me ever since.

The Full Disclosure campaign is a Veterans For Peace effort to speak truth to power and keep alive the antiwar perspective on the American war in Viet Nam — with a series of 50th anniversary events now occurring. It represents a clear alternative to the Pentagon’s current efforts to sanitize and mythologize the Vietnam war and to thereby legitimize further unnecessary and destructive wars.

50 Years of GI Resistance, In and Out of Uniform

2019 is the year that we acknowledge and honor the courage, sacrifice, and moral strength of those who resisted.

Original Podcasts

Produced by Courage to Resist in collaboration with the Vietnam Full Disclosure effort of Veterans For Peace.

On the Burns/Novick PBS Documentary

Critical responses to the 10-part PBS series by Ken Burns, The Vietnam War (2018)

Philip Jones Griffith's Viet Nam

Highly recommended photo exhibit available to local community arts centers, galleries and schools.

“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen, Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War

Important

Paying The Price For Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson

Paying The Price For Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson

Paying the Price… Vietnam Veteran S. Brian Willson paid the price for peace by nearly being killed by a military train during a non-violent protest. Since then, he has not stopped calling attention to the US government’s defiance of international law through waging...

Veterans for Peace Statement Opposing US Bombing of Iraq and Syria

Veterans for Peace Statement Opposing US Bombing of Iraq and Syria

Veterans know from first hand experience that you cannot bomb your way to peace. More bombing will ultimately mean more division, bloodshed, recruitment for extremist organizations, and a continual cycle of violent intervention. Veterans for Peace September 23, 2014 -...

Memorial Day 2019

Memorial Day 2019

PLEASE WRITE A LETTER TO THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (THE WALL)   When then-president Barack Obama announced his government was willing to spend $63 million on a series of commemorations of the American War in Viet Nam stretching over a decade, we in Veterans...

Second Volume of “Letters to the Wall” Now Available

Second Volume of “Letters to the Wall” Now Available

Order via lulu.com The second volume has been put to print and will soon be available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc.  We have added a few new touches for this collection of letters delivered to The Wall in 2017 and 2018 — for one, we have provided detailed...